I suck at blogging

Have to say that I really do suck at blogging.  I really want to blog.  But I just don't seem to have a lot of time.  Because I work with my hands I find it very difficult to sit down and type out a blog.  But I really enjoy getting my thoughts out and onto this space.  So I'm going to try and use this lovely new dictation thing-a-mabob that my MacBook now has.  So I used dictation to do this whole blog so far and  so far so good.  I just might have a solution.  Except that I actually have to go in and add pictures and change all the screwed up spelling/wrong words.  But it's a lot less spelling mistakes than if I'd actually typed this damn thing myself so that's better I guess.

I guess I'll try to fill you in as to where I disappeared you for the last six months. I tried to do the 30 Days of Gratitude pictures in November but never finished.  I started to get a flurry of Christmas orders on my Etsy site so I never really finished it.  I pretty much folded my ass off all of December to fill orders.  Then well I really don't have much of an excuse for the beginning of the year but I was still getting orders.  Then I was accepted to Handmade Wilmington and started getting into more and more local craft shows.  I even had a booth set up during Azalea Festival for two days in April and that was HUGE for me.  So I've been working really hard trying to keep my stock up while still  teaching three days a week and have a family and have friends.  My plate is pretty full right now.  But since this dictation thing seems to be going pretty well I might not have excuses anymore since I can now type and fold origami at the same time.  So we'll see if I manage to post more blogs but don't hold your breath.

Ten on Tuesday

1. How do you eat your eggs?
Fried or poached over easy.  My new favorite is a poached egg over easy on and English muffin with cheese and sausage.  I pretty much have it every morning.

2. Do you volunteer?
No not on a regular basis.  I volunteered in my son's classroom for two years but I stopped this year when I went back to work.

3. What’s your favorite brand of jeans?
Old Navy.  My most favorite pair are from there.

4. What was your child’s first word? Or what was your first word?
Noa's was Da for Daddy and Marley's was Da-da again for Daddy.

5. Can you french braid?
No! But I need to learn.  Marley's hair is finally starting to get long and I want to be able to french braid it when it gets long enough.

6. Do you prefer wide rule, college rule, or blank paper?
I really don't care.  I can and will write on anything.  Now for my students I like them to use wide rule because along with their intellectual disabilities most of them also have motor delays and their handwriting is terrible.  So using wide rule is easier for them to use and for me to be able to read.

7. Is there a specific treat do you always make during the holidays?
Sugar cookies.  They are my favorite and I do the whole rolling them out and using cookie cutters and then let the kids decorate them with icing or sprinkles or whatever they want.

8. Do you have a KitchenAid mixer? Do you want one?
Nope.  I have a pretty decent Sunbeam I got for Christmas one year and it's not bad but I want a nice KitchenAid.  Mostly because of all the attachments and the bowls with handles.

9. What kind of computer do you use?
Apple MacBook.  I am an Apple girl and will always be.

10. Favorite Christmas movie?
Scrooged with Bill Murray.   Love Bill Murray but really LOVE Carol Kane in that movie.

Day 15 of 30 Day Photo Challenge: Gratitude

Day 15: Technology

I love technology! And I especially love Apple products.  This is my iPad.  I love it.  I use it every day.  I might even love it as much as my MacBook or my iPhone.....  

I <3 Apple!!!!!!!!!!!

Excuses

OK I know I am not the best about posting blogs often.  I try I really do.  But seriously life just gets in the way.  I will not be doing a Ten on Tuesday this week because the lady who runs that fun little deal just a had a brand new baby!  Congrats Chelsea & family!  Anyway she is understandably taking a break this week.  Which is actually fine because as you are reading this my life line (aka my MacBook) is in a mail truck somewhere on it's way to get fixed and thanks to auto post feature you are reading this now.  Anyway my laptop will be gone anywhere between 7 to 10 days :(.  We do have other computers in our house (don't ask how many it's obscene) but I HATE PCs so I will only use James' machines when I absolutely HAVE to and my old desktop Mac is well old and slow and I will use it when desperate or when Noa isn't on it.  But I will be for the most part only using my iPod Touch to go through email and keep up with things.  Which basically means I will not be posting a new blog, Facebooking, or Twittering much while my beloved MacBook is gone.  I still have a bone to pick with Apple but this is not the time or the place right now.  I have less than 20% power left (and that is part of the issue and why it's being worked on ... thank god it's still under warranty) and I need to finish this post up and do my last back up before I pack it up and ship it out!